HELICOPTER INDUSTRY

The helicopter session had an excellent cross section of the industry, including manufacturers, diverse operators, consultants, and government agencies. The discussions were issue oriented and addressed the present, the next five years, and the following five years in each of five broad areas: market conditions, exogenous competition, industry structure, technology, and infrastructure. The session concluded that: traditional markets are slowing down as growth rates in the using sectors (e.g., offshore oil) level off; growth will remain strong in business applications as helicopter sophistication and reliability improve; technology thrusts will concentrate on improving the conventional helicopter, particularly its economics and dispatch reliability, and the critical threat to helicopter industry growth is the continued constraint of its infrastructure, principally the shortage of heliports and dedicated airways.

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trcircular/299/299-006.pdf
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00978515
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Appeared in Transportation Research Circular No. 299, The Future of Aviation, Report of the Fourth International Workshop on the Future of Aviation held at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 8-10 October 1985. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Lawrence, D S
• Publication Date: 1986-2

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: p. 12-15
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 299
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic forecasting; Helicopters; Infrastructure; Manufacturing; Markets; Trend (Statistics); Urban growth
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457631
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 31 1986 12:00AM